I think that any family should be able to have Health insurance and have all members covered who live with them. Sometimes a family might be two moms or two dads or even Life partners who might not be sexual partners. If you are family you are family. I think this should go past Health Insurance though and kids being covered.

Some states have common law marriage or even Partner rights. Why not have this at a federal level. When two people share the same home or live together (kids or not). They go down to a Federal building or court house of some kind and prove they live together. If there are kids then prove where and when they have them. At this point they are registered as a federal union. After so many years maybe 5-7 somewhere in there. They then go back and they file a formal request to joined. Someone verifies it and they are legally one.

At this time if there are any other legal things like a prenup that would be handed over then.

Again Both people would be there.

This would not be a marriage but legally it would be the same in terms of laws and rights.

Religion and faith would have nothing to do with it.

Just the couple would be there in like an office it wouldn't be with other people like you might do with a Justice of the peace.

There would be a process of when people separate to dissolve the contract.

Once you are registered and you separate not letting the feds know would be a crime even before the 5 years.

If you move onto someone else then you let the feds know and then you could live with someone else.

The fact that it is federal and not state is very important. The register would be set up so that you can't live with someone in FL and CA at the same time. That would be a crime just like being married to two people would be. See at the state level this wouldn't be trackable. The other problem is at the state level two people could be "A legal Couple" then move to a different state that doesn't recognize this agreement and then there goes the rights you have. But also think about how crazy Health Care could be. Each Company would have different rules for different states.

The Bottom line is this. I think that everyone should be treated the same, and if you are a family you are a family. It is to bad that we need the government to intervene. Not that I think this will happen but I think it should.

I see this as more then a gay issue. There are all kinds of people who don't get married for all kinds of reasons. I think that any two or maybe even 3 at the most should be able to legaly be family with out getting married. I also think this would force companies like say blue sheild that claim to have Family coverage really have it. Hey if you have two kids and she has two kids (gay or not) and you live together and the kids think of them selves as brother and sis then who ever has the medical insurance should be able to get coverage for them under a family plan. I don't know how property rights go and all of that work. But this law could even be used for like a care giver. What I mean there are somepeople who are in a realtionship with someone and this same person has to take care of them, why can't this person enter into a contract with them that they are partners or what ever you want to call it. I'm not saying take away all the legal rights of marriage but make this the legal equivalant.

paul writes
at 03:50:22 06/28/10 - Comment #57038

I would like to see that as well. If people are really concerned about the sanctity of marriage then we should move all the federal rights to this other legal type union and leave marriage like it is.

So I wanted to do a video post about this but why staircase was to dark, I didn't have time with buying food to go down elmwood and talking to a camera on a bus with people on it seemed a bit off.......

I thought the Karate Kid was very good. When I saw the preview I expected it to be just like the original. Don't get me wrong I don't remember all the story of the 1st two I was young the last time I saw it. I will admit they had to set up the story before they got into the action and that is ok. I myself thought it was very good. Oh yeah one thing that through me a bit is how much the kid really looks like will smith, it is scary and was tough to get used to but I still liked the movie.

Tonight I'll be watching Funny People (Adam Sandler). I am hoping that it will be very funny. Comedy is a strange thing sometimes what shouldn't be funny is and sometimes it is the other way. Grown Ups to me at least strated out very funny. I thought there was a great cast and a good story. The thing with most of Sandler's films is that they aren't all jokes all movie long, they do put that family or meaning or getting your life on track that kind of thing in his movies and yes that was in there as well. I enjoyed it and had a good time. It was also nice to see Rob Schinder get some movie time and not just saying "You Can Do it". Guessing if you like his other movies you would like this..........

Turns out Funny People wasn't (to me atleast) a Comedy it was an Adam Sandler Serious movie. Yes there where parts that where funny, like all the stand up scenes.

Next up was Strikeforce on showtime. There where some good fights and I enjoyed that. Frank Shamrock did the Offical Retirement thing. It was a good time.

The next movie I got to see was on Sundance Triade Ellection. It was good but with the subtittles hard to follow. The reason is it was tough for me to follow who was who but I got most of it by the end.

So so far I like the New Estrip. One thing that I have to get used to is that if someone has multiple posts Like (e:vincent) has 3 showing (e:paul) has 2 that I don't have to go in order if I click on the newest one then I can also see the older posts and just go down the line. I haven't tried yet yet to go forward and see how that works.

Oh yeah the Youtube Video I figured I should test out so I made one. Yes it is dark and after that looks kinda trippy. The point I was trying to make is that Yes The World Cup is a big event but I just can't really get into soccer. I think part of what I don't like is that it takes time to go down the field and then often once you get down there no one scores. I'm also kinda the same way about Elmwood. I like the strip and there are a lot of great places but often I don't go places or I forget about places, I just went to the New ETS last weekend. I was going to buy an I heart shirt when I first saw them but then all the girls started wearing them, so I was like I don't know they are like a girl style now. I didn't really say all this in the video though. I have wanted to try Toyoko Shanghi since it opened and never gone, I forget about Louie's all the time, I can't tell you the last time I was in an elmwood bar, guessing St. Pats to Jackdaw (Yes ran into Timika and Jenks so that was some time ago), that is just a guess. So as much as I like Elmwood I don't use it as much as I should. I do think that part of it is because I think of Elmwood as for 4 kinds of people and I'm not any one of them:
1. The Cool People
2. The People who live really close and shop there
3. The Un-cool people who are now cool for not being cool (would that be a hipster)
4. The people who come from the burbs.

Well this all started out just as a test to see if the video works hope some people like it. I'm also hoping to use Elmwood more then I do......

I forgot to mention that a couple of things, I like that when you comment on a post and someone else does that you get that comment as an e-mail.

Back to the video Blog thing. I didn't watch much of the video yes she had a great voice and was very hot (pass the choclate sauce and whip cream please to start with), but just couldn't get into the computer thing. I don't like follow a script but I do kinda know what I want to say, maybe I'll do one this weekend, won't do the nude thing somehow that wouldn't work but maybe try some shirtless thing or maybe talk about If I see a movie about the movie I saw when on a bus, that might be an idea, we shall see.......................

metalpeter writes
at 05:45:32 06/25/10 - Comment #57008

Doing video unless some hot chick is dumb enough to come back home with me won't replace writing. See when you write and have a pause in thought not a big deal but video wise it is bad. The 1st video blog or vlog was just a bit to long so youtube tossed it off. I may do more of them, not really sure. I wondering how a walk past spot would work but that would just be a video really. In terms of the screaming part that is something I used to do a lot where you kinda hold the sound of the last letter, to do it right there is no quiver and it just goes on. That being said I have only done it inside and don't know how it would fly outside? I used to do a pretty good siren, well not as well as the guy from Police Acadamy, did that once outside and someone pulled over so that was the end of that, not sure I could do that anymore though.

paul writes
at 10:27:49 06/24/10 - Comment #57003

Nice. I like your video blog - the screaming part at the end was awesome. I have a hard time with them myself. (e:lilho) and I tried a bunch of times when I first got a video phone/camera. The problem was we would always videoing people like annika who would get angry with us, or end up making fools of ourselves. A lot of the later in late night drunken crazy moments. Some people totally awesome like this hot computer/video game girl. :::link:::

metalpeter writes
at 07:17:15 06/24/10 - Comment #57002

I have a few videos up there. I honsetly don't think anyone will really watch them. I just throw them up there and don't tag them or anything. I may have named this one something. So I assume no one will really see them. I may try it some more who knows.

I have to add some stuff about soccer
1. Watched the cousins play
2 Been to stallon's game not that I really remember it
3. Been to atleast one Blizzard's game
4. Have watched soccer and liked it
5. At one point I knew all the rules
6. Cornor kicks and throw ins or what ever those other things are called is exciting
7. Back when you didn't need a passport I thought about going up to see a Toronto game I think that would be fun (out side league)
8. Not sure if the league the Blizzard are in is still around but I would go see one of those games or another outside game in person (never been to one)

I just can't really get into it, but that doesn't mean I think it is bad. Oh yeah Bend it like Beckham was a good movie what little I remember of it.

vincent writes
at 09:13:06 06/23/10 - Comment #56993

Kudos for having the balls to put yourself out there on YouTube. I'm just afraid of people leaving stupid ignorant comments in my vlog. I write crazy stuff and pour my entries that just scream my sad life and issues to the world, but I have no problem with that at all. I have just seen too many nasty comments in people's vlogs on there that I'm just straight up apprehensive.

So I will be the first to admit that yes I wrote a blog about the A-Team previous to when I saw it. Turns Out I was a bit wrong. Murdock was amazing. I was laughing but it just might be me. From what I understand the guy playing him was the same guy from District 9. You would never be able to tell really so that is a good piece of acting. I like how the movie started out. Yes there was good action and still a story line. Hey "I love it when a plan Comes together" means you still have to have story. Now some might not agree but it was worth it to wait through the credits, like you don't have a couple of minutes extra with all the money you just paid to see the movie, plus you want to see who did the music some of the time anyways. Hannibal was great also, and I love the BA Fight scene can't say anything else, don't want to give anything away.

Couple preview things. Insurection with Leonardo DiCapio looks really good and really confusing. Predators looks like a through back to the first movie I want to see that. I don't remember what it is called but there is going to be some movie with Bruce Wills, Sly, The Gov of Cali, and Jason Strathen (Jet li Movies, Transporter, Crank). That should be interesting. Oh yeah the new Resident Evil movie in 3D looks increadable. But that brings up a question I have. There was this ad for Wonka bars, yes they look like they are coming right at me off the screen, it was amazing it really was, but if they can do it in an ad why not in these 3D movies?

Onto Jonah Hex. Yes I admit Megan Fox is hot and I won't say all the dirty kinky things I would love for her to do to me. But in this movie that is the role is playing plus I think she pulls off the action Parts. I have heard that this movie has been bashed and things from the comic have been changed, but I never read it so..... I thought action wise it was pretty good. I liked the story and the settings. There where also some pretty cool visual things as well, and I don't mean just Fox, again don't want to say anything to give anything away. What I will say is that the movie really moved quickly and had great rocking music. The stuff in the end credits was really good, wish I could have thought of more interesting stuff to say to the hot lady who comes in to clean about the movie music, like hey have you ever seen this band live, who knows if anyone can fill you in on the music in the movie that they like it might be someone who works there.

All in alll I really liked both movies. Here is what I will say is if these are your type of movies you will like them, if romantic comedy is your thing go see Killers (haven't seen it but it looks like it will be funny, yes I want to see it) I had stuff I had to get at target so I missed the Zillycakes 1 year cupcake thing, it sounded really tasty to, oh well. I guess I'll try them some other time.

I wish I was Spontaneous. I think it would be great to see that say some musical is playing in NYC and just go there and buy a ticket and have a good time and then zoom Home (yes it is an 8 hour drive or longer by bus or train). Or it would be great so see the Blue Jays are playing some where and then just go there. Or it would be great to like just go on an adventure somewhere. In my mind this was going to be much longer but this is all I can think of................

I have Never been to NYC, yet I have Pictures of it on my Kitchen Wall. I would love to go there or say Chicago and just go there on like a whim. Or hey this band is playing there lets see If I can find the club and see if they have tickets left and just shoot down down there (of course it takes some time to get anyplace you go)................

tinypliny writes
at 08:57:20 06/19/10 - Comment #56900

What I meant was I like NYC without any spontaneity involved. ;-)

tinypliny writes
at 08:56:44 06/19/10 - Comment #56899

I like NYC. :)

metalpeter writes
at 06:40:09 06/19/10 - Comment #56891

I think one thing that would really be great is to have a camera phone also, I think it would be fun to just leave go someplace and mobile post pictures and stuff like that along the way on the trip.

The above site is for one of the people's art I bought. I know the festival gets bashed by many but I do like the art that they have, well some of, and I'm sure some people don't like what I do. This post is also a test the one I did yesterday was in Safari and this one is IE just want to try it out and see if anything is different well here is that guys art that I bought:

Rip Bodman has some really interesting art and is pretty interesting himself . That should lead to the piece of art I bought, I forgot to take a picture of it. It is real bright colors and good contrast. I have thought of buying his stuff in the past but haven't I think price was a factor not sure if it was cheaper now or what my mind set was.

Paul Massaro is a Tattoo Artist But he also does paintings. I bought prints. I think his work is amazing. I don't know what it says, or if it does. The one that I really wanted he didn't have a print of but I think you may enjoy his stuff. I had to come back on sunday. Yes I did like the Jesus Arm Wrestling Santa claus but it wasn't the one I really wanted but I like the two that I got.

The One I really wanted the most:

The reason I like it is you have the historical stuff like the moon and the bombers. What does a burning time magazine mean and what about that mask on the TV? But also in the room that animal has an arm and is the same thing that is happening in the picture, plus the entire thing is so striking.

Well I might as well include some pictures from the festival and the general sense of things:

Before I got to a few pictures from Sunday I have to say that is sure seemed when I was there that less people where there compaired to last year. But that is just me.

Well Now it is time to see how it comes out, I enjoyed the festival hope those that partok or didn't had a good time.

So this past weekend was The Allentown Art festival. Yes I did buy some art there but that is secondary. This is also going to be a test post to see how Pictures show up and that kind of thing. On Sunday at 3PM there was a press Conference for this Years MIA. They Also had a Photo contest with facebook and Delaware Camera, you could bring the photos in, in person and not online if you wanted to. A few of my pictures where selected I wound up winning some Olympus stuff so that is cool, I'm just happy to have my pictures displayed. Also at the recording studio they had Mark Freeland Art up.

Before the Official Start:

I should ad that the pictures I took are of the guys in the red suit coats called "Those Idiots", they do rock songs kinda as polka kinda, if you have seen them you know what I mean.

Well Just learned You can only do 10 pictures at a time, I used to only 9 mostly anyways.

It Starts:

Then After the Reveal more dancing:

I just have to add a few things. The picture of me next to the pictures I took wasn't taken by me, it was by Bob (robert) the guy who took the great picture of the lady with all the tattoos. The picture of David Butler in the casket looked amazing, it is hard to tell here how much depth it had it was really amazing looking. The same Person took the picture of the Marching band, yes the girl is my cousin and she is married to the person (seth) Playing what ever that huge instrument is called. It was a nice time now to see how the pictures look and if they are spaced or if to do that I have to move them apart by hitting the space or enter key we shall see.

The two kids where great. I didn't capture the aspect of it but at one point on the the kids ran right out into the dancers and mom went and got the little kid, that was funny

tinypliny writes
at 05:54:10 06/17/10 - Comment #56841

Nice pics - I really like the one with the dance troupe dancing opposite the little kid who is trying to imitate their moves.

metalpeter writes
at 06:30:41 06/16/10 - Comment #56798

I got an Olympus Baseball Cap, a pen, and One of those things that is like a bag holder for the fridge for like snacks. The guy even said it isn't much, It is less then what I hopped I was getting, but I was expecting to get nothing really. The lady in blue who was the grand prize winner got some like really expesive SLR type of camera. I didn't see it but I remember that is what the winner gets from the contest.

A little bit of back story. Once I heard about the Delaware Camera (through Facebook) contest, I like many others submitted pictures online. After the dead line had passed I didn't hear anything. I also thought it was odd that Delaware Camera nor MIA said anything on their pages, so a month or so went by and I figured they must have just let the winners know and not said anything publicly. Well when I got the e-mail about my pictures being displayed I was very surprised. I knew it was going to be a picture of those Idiots but wasn't sure what one it was going to be. I like how they used the 4 shots, that looks really nice.

So In the end I wound up getting much more then I expected. I think these pictures will also be on Display at MIA this year. And from what I have heard they are having another photo contest. I'll enter again. It was fun just to post the pictures to MIA's Facebook Page and to have them want to use any of them. I'm thinking though this year I will have to take pictures at a Higher MegaPixel rate.

mrmike writes
at 11:43:55 06/16/10 - Comment #56795

Nice images, peter

ladycroft writes
at 04:09:21 06/16/10 - Comment #56790

Well done Peter! Congratulations :) AND you got a photo with you in it, eyes open and everything! Yay!

I second Heidi, what did you win??

heidi writes
at 11:33:29 06/15/10 - Comment #56789

Congrats, (e:metalpeter)! What kind of Olympus gear did you win? (I've got an Olympus... actually several.)

metalpeter writes
at 08:09:43 06/15/10 - Comment #56784

I see that a natural space forms between pictures cool, glad it is that way. I had some other point that I wanted to add but forgot what it was, oh yeah, love those dancers, not sure if their hotness shows through, can't really pick a favorite that would be to tough......

I have to admit that Part of me is glad to be posting something that has no pictures for once. So the Art Festival is this weekend. In the gusto there are two articles about it I think or maybe one was from yesterday. I will admit that I have lost some of my love for it, with the crap they Pulled with Music Is Art. But I still enjoy the festival....

How I go about things is I try and get their early and walk the entire festival and see what I can. I never buy anything until I have seen everything (this isn't true because sometimes people aren't set up till later and I know there have been people who have only been there for one day). One thing that bothers me is that some people don't have prices clearly marked. Sometimes it is a tough choice on what you want to get. You have things that are framed and unframed. Then you have different sizes and shapes. You kinda have to decide price for the size and frame and factor all that in. Sometimes you see something and know you have to have it, and it is easy. But some people alone have multiple things you like. I have been known to buy things on both days.

I wish I could Just post pictures of everything I bought there, but I have a lot. I have these cool oddities (also at elmwood festival of the arts), bought things for my family their like photos (local guys). Pen and ink dragon pictures, 3D underwater art, Hidden Villages, the point is a lot. I would like to see some more dark art there. Like maybe models dressed as fairies with waterfalls behind them or something.

This year however is going to be different for me for one reason. Last year I just Missed some how the Press Conference for MIA. This year I will be there. If you know where Robie's Studio on Franklin is, it will be at 3pm. I am to be there before then, from what I understand one of my pictures will be on display there on Sunday. I'm not sure If I won anything or not but just having my picture On display. It may be on display all day sunday, I'll slide by early and then come back later, well depending on the weather. I admit I would love to have won something it would be great. If I understand it correctly that the pictures displayed are from the winner in each category of the MIA/delaware Camera photo contest from last year. I was just happy to go see the Press Conference and now I get to go see a picture of mine (not sure what one they liked the best, of Those Idiots). Well what ever happens I'm looking forward to it [hoping no rain]. What I also think this means is anything I buy I want to buy on saturday.

Well hope everyone has a great weekend . and enjoys the festival. Oh yeah I almost forgot that The Recording studio I think is where MIA used to be every year is also having Mark Freeland art inside on display all weekend long............

So Before I get into Pictures from the Parade there is something I have to talk about that got to me. Now I'm not bashing anyone because they are gay, infact you see this same problem at any parade. This I think is why in places like NYC where they have those big Parades or even torch runners, they have baricades. Yes this is a problem at the St. Pats Parade also. The street is for the parade not for you to stand in. I get that you want to see and want to get a good pictures, but when you are allready at the front getting more in the front just fucks other people up. I had this great angle to get good shots and these two people show up and stand in the street to my left they where further out into the street then the people next to me. When you are in front of someone instead of next to them for them to see they have to step up to where you are . At St. Pats there where these ass holes who walked up and stood infront of people who where there a long time before they where and who where in chairs. How are you going to stand infront of someone in a chair. This is the reason I didn't stand at Spot this time. Last year it was crazy. As I walked by this year there was a cop car there all ready Maybe it was so no one would use that street but I think it was to keep down the crazyness. That same thing happened last year I was up on the curb then the parade starts and a bunch of people come out of nowhere and get in front of me. Ok now that my parade bitching is over on to some pictues.

I just have to mention one thing. I'm not saying that politicans don't want equal rights for everyone. I just never completely trust that those are their real fealings on an issue. Things like Parades and Festivals are a great way to get your name out there. In Hoyt's case I do believe him, I'm just saying I can never completely trust them......

By the end I was getting sick of posting pictures so hopefully anoyone who was looking at them didn't get to tired of them. It was a good time. It was the 1st time I didn't see anyone I know. Well I think I saw the Person at The Stripteasers but not sure if it was her on elmwood, and someone called my name and wished me Happy Pride but I'm not sure who it was.

In terms of the companies I'm not sure. I think that some companies all the care about is the money and it doesn't matter who's money it is they don't care about you. Then you have some companies that do care about the people they sell to. It is to tough to know really. I admit I hope Frito Lay does and think that they might. The reason being is them and Pepsi and all one Giant Huge company and Pepsi does have that refresh everything promotion, where they give people money for good ideas. I don't know if they really want a better world or if they think if they look like they do they will get more sales it is hard to know.....

In Terms of McDonalds, I haven't seen the ad so I can't say. What I will say is that I think, they think if it ran here they would lose a lot of customers.

This reminds me of a post I wrote on here and for facebook as well. I don't know if this would work, but I think the way to get gay Marriage legal in many states, maybe all of them and maybe nationally is to get a lot of companies to see that gay Marriage would increase their profits. Some places there would be no way to prove this, but anyplace that ties into to weddings like target or other places would be a start.

I also wonder if like HSBC for example where there more to say, we don't discriminate and welcome everyone into the work place?

It is tough to know really? I hope everyone enjoyed the pictures anyways......

lauren writes
at 06:58:34 06/11/10 - Comment #56632

I agree with you Peter, both about annoying parade goers, and about the politicians...and I would add the same for any corporation like Frito Lay. I can't help but think that they don't care about gay people, they care about gay people's money. Have you seen the "gay" McDonald's add that is all over youtube? It plays in france, but not in America. Why? Because it wouldn't make McDonald's any money here...but if they were really pro gay, they would play it anyway. So yeah, thanks for the pics :)

So again Do to a crash I wasn't able to finish my stripteaser photos. So I tried to use my media and couldn't get it to work. So I'll just uplaod from where I left off about. Again if burlesque isn't your thing or if you are some place where those kinds of pictures might be frowned on, then You may not want to look at them. It really was a great time. The only thing I can remember story wise is a plane crash and something about Linsday Lohan. If anyone else remembers it feel free to ad it here.

I think this about Where LL (not cool J joins the story)

Again it was a great time the Stripteasers are all ways a great time. Hope you like the pictures.

The First one felly and Heidi are in I just took a picture of the crowd and Had no Idea they where there untill I saw the picture on the screen. Then that last one, I was waving to you gals but you may not have seen me, even if you did by then where I was I had lost the seats anyways so.....

Hope everyone had a great time I know I had a lot of fun...........

lauren writes
at 06:47:58 06/10/10 - Comment #56617

you got some really great shots Peter, and I see you were sneaking some of us when I wasn't looking :)